As I continued my travels last weeks around Germany, I had a short stop to Leipzig (more about the university in a separate post), I also passed around the Saxonian Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. The academic network in Germany is decentralized and each 'Land' has its own academia.
Initially created as the Royal Saxonian Society for the Sciences and Humanities in 1846, the academy has over 200 members. In order to be elected, they should be located in Saxony, Saxony Anhalt or Thuringia. The majority of the projects developed by the Academy are mostly focused on humanities, but there are also some about natural sciences and engineering.
One of the main activity is the compilation of scientific dictionaries and an impressive collection was started with the creation of the Academy. Another strong point of interest are the history and regional studies, especially Saxony history and medieval legal history. Short term projects were recently introduced as well, covering the impact of technology on daily life and various technical-related issues about the Internet challenges for the academic world.
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